The clear-code telegram sent by the Tsukahara fleet was naturally intercepted by Nimitz, who happened to be on the waters between Fiji and American Samoa. .

No matter how indignant he was, it did not cause much psychological fluctuation for Nimitz and MacArthur. When Doolittle was able to bomb Tokyo, the Japanese could of course have bombed them. There was nothing wrong with grievances or complaints about it, but the Japanese were so arrogant and uncomfortable.

Dorit went there quietly at the beginning, fearing that the Japanese army would discover it. How could he send a pre-information letter as swaying as Tsukahara?

Based on the principle of political correctness, the two of them certainly "resolutely oppose and fight back" this, but they were eager for Tsukahara to attack the West Coast, so that their side would have the opportunity to rely on the Army Airlines to weaken the Japanese fleet. Even if they could not catch the other side, they could still transfer the main force of the joint fleet to create opportunities for themselves to break into Pearl Harbor.

To be cautious, Nimitz asked the fleet to slowly advance to the northeast while sending all the fleet reconnaissance aircraft, and at the same time, he asked the land aviation to dispatch to sort out the surrounding waters in detail. It took a total of 8 days to drive from Australia to Fiji, and it took another 3 days to rest and recuperate the supply belt, but it took him only more than 500 kilometers from Samoa to Tokelao, but it also took him three days.

On September 28, Major General Doolittle, the commander of the Pearl Harbor, sent a telegram (Doulite, after successfully commanding the bombing, was promoted to brigade general, and was promoted to major general at the beginning of the year. He was originally managed the air force on the West Coast, but was transferred by Arnold to Pearl Harbor to be responsible for the war against Japan by the land aviation). He was convinced that after repeated reconnaissance, he was sure that the sea area where Nimitz was about to move forward did not exist (at least it did not exist in the reconnaissance vision). He ordered the fleet to accelerate suddenly and increase it to 18 knots at once. He ignored the anti-submarine route and rushed directly towards Hawaii, more than 3,600 kilometers away.

The overall route first goes north and then turns northeast. The total itinerary is nearly 4,000 kilometers, and the troops are required to arrive at their destination within 6 days!

Late at night on September 29, the t48 fleet passed through the middle line of the Christmas Island and Midway Aviation Blockade Circle, and then ran all the way. This was the most tense moment for the entire fleet. Although the enemy would not send planes to reconnaissance at night, what if?

Perhaps Nimitz had experienced too much hardship before, and everything went smoothly when he passed the blockade line. After dawn, the fleet had already been 1,200 kilometers away from Christmas Island. However, it was a coincidence that the Japanese reconnaissance plane on Christmas Island did not find the US fleet. A Ar-372 stationed on Washington Island (Terrainena Island) and performing routine flights discovered this large fleet. The observer was so shocked that he quickly sent telegrams. The fleet immediately noticed the uninvited guest and quickly sent 4 4u to attack.

4u is no longer the 6 that has never been able to catch up with the Japanese reconnaissance plane. In a few minutes, the bold Japanese water reconnaissance shot down, but Chief of Staff Smith still looked as if he was ashen, and the Japanese had sent out the most important information.

MacArthur was also a little nervous, afraid that the bomber would come in a few hours.

Nimitz looked carefully at the chart and comforted him: "The problem is not big. It is far from the island controlled by the enemy. Except for not keeping the itinerary confidential, nothing else is too big."

"They won't send planes to attack?"

"No. The Japanese land-based aircraft are not large, and even fewer are able to reach the fleet. As long as we do not touch the main force of the joint fleet, our army has the ability to fight and win."

"Sir, our army lost contact with a water reconnaissance aircraft on Washington Island. We had previously sent a telegram to inform us that the US fleet was traveling northeast. There were 2 aircraft carriers, 6 light air carriers, no battleships, and other situations were unknown. Then the signal was interrupted. The base speculated that it had been shot down. We wanted to continue the reconnaissance. Given that our army is not particularly strong in Midway or Christmas Island, and the distance is long, we did not send an attack group, and only defend and let several submarines go to the front to inquire about the situation."

Tsukahara nodded and said, "This should be reported by Germany. The remaining U.S. troops after the Battle of the South Atlantic are estimated to have arrived in South Africa first, then from the Indian Ocean to Australia, and then go to Pearl Harbor without leaving like this. Americans cannot transport regular aircraft carriers to Pearl Harbor."

"But there are quite a lot of troops." Kusato Ryunosuke was a little nervous about this. "Based on this information, the US military now has at least 2 regular aircraft carriers, more than 10 escort aircraft carriers, and two battleships. I'm afraid, are we..."

Tsukahara looked at the chart carefully and shook his head, "If the enemy is determined to go to Pearl Harbor, we will not be able to intercept even if we look back now."

"The Kakuda fleet will be in danger. Their strength is not as strong as the US military, not to mention that the latter has the support of the China Airlines."

"The Second Air Battle is indeed a bit troublesome, but isn't this an opportunity?"

"Opportunity?" Cao Lulonginosuke was stunned for a moment, "Do you want to gather and annihilate it?"

"No, this is a very favorable opportunity for us to raid Pearl Harbor." Tsukahara pointed to the chart and explained, "If I give the US military an illusion that I am not near Pearl Harbor, would they send this fleet out to trouble Kakuda?"

"It's very likely! The US military is now becoming stronger than Kakuda!"

Both Tsukahara and Kusato Ryunosuke didn't know that one more regular aircraft carrier in the Nimitz fleet was damaged, so they still see two of them.

"When this fleet attacks Kakuda's fleet, tell Kakuda not to rush forward to fight, but to take them to grab the atoms, the farther the better."

"Take it to us?"

"No, go far away from Pearl Harbor, and take advantage of this period of emptiness, I will lead my troops to attack Pearl Harbor!"

"That Kakuda?"

"Be careful that something big cannot happen at all. Can't you escape if you can't beat it? Our army's speed is faster than that of the Americans!"

Kusaro Ryusuke immediately remembered that his escort aircraft carrier had the slowest 21 quarters, and the fastest 18.5 quarters in the United States could only run 18.5 quarters. The advantages of these 2.5 quarters were valuable before contacting.

On the evening of September 30, the atmosphere in Washington was tense, because the dangerous moment when the Japanese army was about to attack the West Coast was getting closer, but there was not any good news. This day, I received good news from both sides.

The first good news is the navy. After great hardships, the Nimitz fleet has entered the 1,200-kilometer air defense circle in Hawaii and will arrive at Pearl Harbor safely in 2 days. The engineers, workers, materials and spare parts that provide comprehensive maintenance for the Hornet are all ready;

The second good news is the China Airlines side. After negotiations by the new chief of staff of the Chinese theater, Weidemai and secret negotiations with the Stalin regime, China Airlines is expected to recover a group of skilled pilots from China. These pilots include pilots who originally supported the Southeast Asian theater in India and then retreated to China, as well as pilots who originally provided hump route transportation for China.

The logic of the whole thing is very complicated, but what Weidemai is more sleek than Stilwell is that he understands the world and knows how to deal with the British, Chinese and Russians. He uses many other means to successfully complete the task and is highly praised by Washington.

The specific process is that the United States dispatched several -54 heavy transport aircraft to Aleutian, Kamchatka Peninsula, and the hinterland of Eastern Russia to Chongqing, China to pick up the crew back home. This is almost the route for Stilwell and others to return to China.

Since fuel, routes, safety, and navigation in Russia and China can only rely on the Soviet Union for providing fuel, Weidemaiz had a good communication with the Chongqing authorities, and the United States gave a considerable price of more than 30 million US dollars of penicillin (slighter than gold of the same value), 85% was given to Stalin, the remaining 10% was given to Chongqing, and 5% was given to the middlemen who were used to clear the situation.

Looking at the cargo, the Soviets readily agreed, not only patting their chests to ensure safety of escort, but also agreed to fill the plane with fuel in Russia and bringing aviation fuel to China (for the plane to return flights). Of course, it was useless for Stalin to ask for so much penicillin. After he left one tenth, the rest instructed diplomatic channels to trade grain and other light industrial products.

After the failure of the Eastern Front War, the Bolshevik regime, regardless of its own ability, forced 30 million people to be deprived of the resettlement task of these populations. Heavy industry is easy to handle, and light industry and food cannot be changed for a while, so they can only rely on buying. Stalin did have some gold in his hand, but this was something that was under the box, so he didn't want to take it out, so he needed other materials to exchange it. He exchanged oil and Japan, steel and Japan, and even B2 diesel engines and Japan. This kind of penicillin, known as the "special drug" by Japan, is very popular in both Japan and China, and the transaction effect is much better than that of industrial products that are stupid, big, black and thick.

Of course, even if you trade in the Chinese market, it will eventually flow into Japan's pocket, because if you need to pay a 30% transit fee to buy goods in China, you don't need to buy them directly from Japan. Although the price offered by Japan is expensive, it is still cheaper after adding the 30% transit fee.

For Americans, on the one hand, there is $30 million, penicillin that can be produced repeatedly (the cost does not cost so much), and on the other hand, there are more than 400 extremely valuable skilled units. It is not necessary to judge which one is more important.

In addition, South America has entered a truce period, and the consumption of China Airlines in the past two days has also been reduced. It is expected that by early October, the number of China Airlines skilled crews will be restored to more than 3,000. The nimble Weidemai even put his mind on British pilots in Pakistan (Japan just released a batch back), hoping to recruit them to the United States for battle with high salaries, but Mountbatten disagreed and finally took only a few away.
Chapter completed!